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I am currently thinking about my own setup for photo and video backup, and was curious what other people are using as their own backup systems.

Do you use online photo hosting like Google photos? Do you use self hosted backup system / network accessed storage? How many backups do you have in total? Do you split by medium and location?

Apologies if there is such a question on lemmy already.

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[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I did Film & TV in uni. One of the things they told me as a newbie was "keep three physical copies, two in your home and one in a different location"

So I keep three physical copies, all in my home, cause none of my friends wanted to keep my external hard-drive clearly labeled "high-res dick pics"

EDIT: Nah, but seriously, before you consider online storage, do physical. SSD if you can, they last longer.

[–] ClassifiedPancake@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Huh I was under the impression that SSDs don’t last as long as hard discs.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

I think they need electricity to prevent bitrot? There are advanced methods of storing parity data to recover but idk how

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

before you consider online storage, do physical. SSD

A stashed SSD isn't physical: it's an on-prem digital copy. Printed sheets would be 'physical'.

if you can, they last longer.

Comma splice, by the way.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

If you can hold it, it's physical. Just like my relationship with your mom, nerd.

Haha jk lol